SWCIC: Hidden Empire 2: The Fermata Cage Activates! Plus Sana Fights Domina Tagge & Valance Discovers The Truth (HE2, DA28 & BH30) – Ep 122 Star Wars Comics In Canon

CRIMSON DAWN STARTS TO CRUMBLE UNDER THE MIGHT OF THE EMPIRE… OR DOES IT?! For ep 122, Mike continues the final chapter of the Qi’ra trilogy along with the Bounty Hunters & Aphra comic crossovers in Hidden Empire 2! As The Archivist & Kho Phon Farrus reactivate the Fermata Cage, Palpatine & Vader notice and take pursuit! Meanwhile, Sana Starros, Just Lucky & their crew attempt to kill Domina Tagge for her nephew Ronen and T’onga & the Bounty Hunter crew confront Beilert Valance with a truth the Empire has been harbouring from him for too long…

Hidden Empire 2 was released December 7th 2022, was written by Charles Soule, with Steven Cummings as penciller, Victor Olazaba as inker and Guru eFX as colour artist. The trade paperback of all 5 Hidden Empire issues is due for release July 4th 2023. Doctor Aphra 28 was released January 25th 2023 and was written by Alyssa Wong with artist Minkyu Jung and colour artist Rachelle Rosenberg. Bounty Hunters 30 was released January 18th 2023 and was written by Ethan Sacks with Paolo Villanelli as artist and Arif Prianto as colour artist.

Ep 121 was Hidden Empire 1 and the comic episodes set between Crimson Reign & Hidden Empire are 114 for Bounty Hunters, 115 for Star Wars, 117 for Doctor Aphra, 119 for Darth Vader, and Crimson Reign 5 was tackled in ep 110! The Fortress Vader episode featuring Momin is number 74 and the first volume of Bounty Hunters comics was tackled in episode 75.

The first & second episodes of the weekly Mandalorian discussion shows are out now on the podcast feed of Comics In Motion and the video version is on YouTube: https://pod.fo/e/16b5dd- https://youtu.be/ux9JpP6VDmM

Mike, Maff & Dave’s new show; Rebels Reviewed is out now, listen on any podcast app or watch on YouTube: https://pod.fo/e/166659 - https://youtu.be/oVXItTYLe68

Last week’s episode had Mike’s review on Force Collector! Mike gives his spoiler-free thoughts on the novel and why he thinks few people have heard much about it, before talking about the era & themes within the book! He also gives his full thoughts on the book’s plot & characters after a spoiler warning!

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Outro read by BZ The Voice: http://www.bzthevoice.com

Intro theme arranged by Mike Burton, backing music by Eric Matyas at www.soundimage.org

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:09 Hidden Empire Crossover’s Future
02:04 What To Expect In This Episode
03:04 HE2 Personnel & Crawl
04:31 Hidden Empire 2 Plot Overview
09:31 DA28 Personnel & Crawl
10:29 Doctor Aphra 28 Plot Overview
15:36 BH30 Personnel & Crawl
16:19 Bounty Hunters 30 Plot Overview
20:29 Mando S3 Weekly Discussion Shows
21:09 New Show; Rebels Reviewed
21:37 Pop Culture Collective Newsletter
22:05 Social Media
22:31 Coming Up On SWCIC
24:30 Star Wars Celebration 2023
24:52 Support & Patreon
25:39 Outro